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WILLIAMSTOWN,
MA. – After suffering a disappointing loss to Amherst
yesterday, Williams women's tennis (12-1, 4-1) bounced back
in a Sunday doubleheader, defeating both Bowdoin (7-6, 4-2) and
Colby (4-7, 0-6) in 9-0 scores in their final two home matches of
the 2008-2009 regular season.
Eighteenth-ranked Bowdoin headed to
Williamstown coming off a 6-3 upset over 15th-ranked
Middlebury on Saturday. Having won four of their
last five matches, the Polar Bears were riding a wave of
confidence. Williams
sent a message early, putting the visiting team in a daunting 3-0
hole.
Grace Baljon and Taylor French had an easy
time at court two, as did Annie Hancock and Kristin Alotta, winning
in 8-2 and 8-3 results respectively. Cary Gibson
and Nikki Reich managed to defeat Sarah D'Elia and Emily
Lombardi by a narrow 9-7 margin.
In singles play, Kristin Alotta finished off
her opponent quickly, giving up only one game in a 6-1, 6-0 win
over Charlotte Hitch.
Annie Hancock and Grace Baljon also won in straight
sets. Lucy Marchese recorded her first win of
the season, pulling out a first set tiebreak to win in
two. Reich and Ashley Parsons win in three,
pulling out dominant third sets.
The team had just an hour's rest before
returning to the courts to take on Colby.
Williams' head coach Alison Swain switched up the doubles
pairs. Marchese and Parsons saw doubles action
for the first time this season, and easily took their match,
8-4. The first two
Williams pairs took 8-2 wins for another dominating performance in
the early going.
The Ephs domination continued into singles
play, as no Williams player gave up more than two
sets. Katie Friedman was dominant at court six,
delivering a knock out 6-0, 6-0 performance against Sally Meehan.
Williams will travel to Trinity next Saturday
at 11:00 a.m. for the final weekend of regular season competition.
Williams 9,
Bowdoin 0
Doubles-
1)
Cary Gibson/Nikki Reich (W) def. Sarah D'Elia/Emily Lombardi
(B) --- 9-7
2)
Grace Baljon/Taylor French (W) def. Rachel Waldman/Charlotte Hitch
(B) --- 8-2
3)
Annie Hancock/Kristin Alotta (W) def. Hannah Hoerner/Liz Pedowitz
(B) --- 8-3
Singles-
1)
Baljon (W) def. D'Elia (B) --- 6-4, 6-3
2)
Reich (W) def. Lombardi (B) --- 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
3)
Alotta (W) def. Hitch (B) --- 6-1, 6-0
4)
Lucy Marchese (W) def. Wadlman (B) --- 7-6(2), 6-4
5)
Ashley Parsons (W) def. Pedowitz (B) --- 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
6)
Annie Hancock (W) def. Stephanie Langer (B) --- 6-3, 6-0
Williams 9,
Colby 0
Doubles-
1)
Gibson/Reich (W) def. Katie Muto/Caroline Reaves (C) --- 8-2
2)
Hancock/Alotta (W) def. Tara Davidson/Katie Brezinski (C) --- 8-2
3)
Marchese/Parsons (W) def. Sally Meehan/Kathryn Vergeyle (C) --- 8-4
Singles-
1)
Baljon (W) def. Muto (C) --- 6-1, 6-1
2)
Alotta (W) def. Reaves (C) --- 6-0, 6-1
3)
French (W) def. Brezinski (C) ---- 6-1, 6-2
4)
Genny Loomis (W) def. Davidson (C) --- 6-1, 6-1
5)
Caroline Capute (W) def. Vergeyle (C) --- 6-2. 6-1
6)
Katie Friedman (W) def. Meehan (C) --- 6-0, 6-0
